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A founding member of the World Bank, the United Kingdom supports multilateral efforts to promote human and economic development, reduce poverty, and boost shared prosperity around the world.

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The Tech Revolution

Measuring Poverty

No longer a pure paper-and-pencil exercise, technology is beginning to revolutionize the way we monitor poverty around the world.

Women's Entrepreneurship

Fostering Gender Equality

The World Bank Group today announced the creation of an innovative new facility.

Learning to Realize Education’s Promise

WDR 2018

"Learning to Realize Education’s Promise" looks into how to expand the scope and quality of education around the world.

El Renacimiento School in Villa Nueva Guatemala

United Kingdom At-A-Glance

Ridding the world of poverty is not only morally right, but would make the world a better place for everyone. In pursuit of this goal, the United Kingdom and the World Bank Group work together to develop policies on a wide range of issues, such as conflict prevention, governance, health, and education -- trying to enable millions in the poorest countries to be immunized, gain access to roads and clean...

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Data

DATA

Forcibly Displaced

This report, produced in close partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), attempts to sort fact from fiction to better understand the scope of the challenge and encourage new thinking from a socioeconomic perspective.

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Report

Outlook Jul 01, 2017

Global Economic Prospects

IDA Aug 04, 2017

Achievements around the World

Report Mar 07, 2017

Reaping Digital Dividends

Outlook Oct 04, 2016

EU Regular Economic Report

IDA18: A World of Possibility

Towards 2030

IDA18 presents a bold paradigm shift in how it mobilizes finance to support a significant policy package to help IDA clients achieve their development goals. The Eighteenth Replenishment of IDA (IDA18) is the largest replenishment in IDA’s 56-year history and heralds a significant step change in its policy and financing framework.